Re: chicory

It does reinforce the question Auralie [I think} raised, and I apologize for paraphrasing, how long and how well adapted does an introduced plant have to be here before it's considered "native"? As someone pointed out, about 80 percent of our commercial crops--the stuff we eat and wear--are not native. Sure wish the xenophyles would get off it.


On Sunday, May 9, 2004, at 07:18 PM, cathy carpenter wrote:

Well, as someone once said: plants we would happily give a green card to!
Cathy
On Sunday, May 9, 2004, at 07:12 AM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:

Pam, this is a major roadside wildflower in the Northeast. I agree that is
gorgeous, and I think a mass of chicory and Queen Anne's Lace, which it grows
with, is a lovely sight. Neither of these are natives, but have been here so
long that they might as well be. This is one of the
native-versus-invasive-alien topics. Yes, they are invasive aliens, but in my mind most welcome ones.
In part it is a question of native as of when - they've been here longer than
many of those making the rulings. I did a piece about them for my club's
newsletter a while back. If I can find it, I'll pass it on. However, I know it is
supposed to like "waste places" and "disturbed ground." It is very hardy and
will self-seed easily, so be sure you want it where it's planted.
And then you could make coffee of it's roasted roots.
Auralie 

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